United States Congress Explained In the United States, voters choose members of Congress every two years. But what is Congress? 美国的选民每两年选一次国会议员。然而国会是什么呢? Imagine that the U.S. government is a chair wi

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(474) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

PEOPLE IN AMERICA -February 3, 2002: George Abbott By Nancy Steinbach VOICE 1: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE 2: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program. People in America. Every week we tel

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We are now on the eve of seeing a Senate proposal for health care, including replacing the Affordable Care Act. Republican leaders plan to release their bill tomorrow, after working on it behind closed doors for weeks. Late today, The Washington Post

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:beat a dead horse. 大家都知道, dead Horse是死马的意思,动词beat是打的意思。Beat a dead horse连在一起是徒劳无功的意思。 最近办公室洗手间的水龙头漏水,我跟维

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Diplomats are continuing their efforts to defuse the political tension in Egypt. U.S. senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham are now in Cairo to hold talks with senior officials. Their visit coincides with the trip of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State W

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Explanation: The United States has a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who will represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. If Americans do no

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Explanation: Heres an interesting thing about the U.S. government: even if you vote against the person who wins an election (or a competition to see who gets the most votes and is chosen for a public position), he or she has to represent you! In othe

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Explanation: U.S. senators serve (or work in their public position) for six-year terms that are staggered, which means they dont all begin and end at the same time. One-third of the senators are elected every two years. With staggered terms, there ar

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Explanation: If you are walking outdoors in the United States, especially in front of a university, library, or public building, dont be too surprised (or shocked) if you are asked to participate in a letter-writing campaign to your U.S. Senator. Ame

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Explanation: The government of the United States was founded (or created) on the idea that the people who live in a country should be able to participate in the government. However, more than three hundred million people live in the United States. It

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So glad you are with us, everyone. I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN Center with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. And we begin in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, State Department officials, saying that Serbian police have now secured the p

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What Is the US Senate? The Senate is one of the two parts of the United States Congress, the legislature that makes the countrys laws. The Congress has two parts because the men who wrote the U.S. Constitution could not agree on details of the new fo

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1.A health care reform bill put together by a bipartisan group of senators will be unveiled tomorrow. Negotiators say they block the cost of the package down to 880 billion dollars over ten years, but say some key issues still need to be worked out.

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A U.S. Congressional delegation is in Iraq to meet with the country's interim government leaders and U.S. military commanders. Amid continuing violence, the senators say Iraq still needs U.S. and coalition support, and vowed to see the job through. 一

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今天我们要学的词组是credibility。 Credibility指的是可靠,信用。政府不要失去民众的信任,The government should not lose its credibility with the people. 一些美国参议员因为司法部解除了八位检察官的职务

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - The Great Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, July 07, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English.

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with a bipartisan(代表两党的) group of senators Tuesday in the White House on climate and clean energy bill, and said he's confident they can get something done this year.Urging

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. Senators are having a rare workday today, although they reached the deal last night on the stimulus plan, many are going to the floor to argue the case of President Barack Obama's legislation to right the economy. 2. Sports Illustrated is reporti

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月

今天我们要学的词是extension。 Extension, 延长。 The soccer player just signed a five-year contract extension, 这个足球运动员刚刚签了五年的延期合同。 U. S. senators of both parties say they are likely to reach a comprom

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And now we look at what's next for the rules governing U.S. surveillance. Over the weekend, the Senate failed to extend three key provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire in a week. They headed out of town for a recess, leaving litt

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